In 2023, a Skydio sales representative sent a customer proposal to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD Chief of Staff Mike Gennaro forwarded the email to venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, asking which deployment option the department should choose. Horowitz replied with a question: Which deployment are you looking to do? Gennaro’s response, according to… Continue reading Whatever You Want, Ben
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McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill delivered his annual State of the Department address this week, announcing two major initiatives: a global intelligence network called Project Meridian and an artificial intelligence system designed to connect every technology platform the department operates. The announcements came alongside statistics showing significant reductions in violent crime. Officer-involved… Continue reading McMahill Announces Technology Expansion
Road Kills Spur Action
Local and state law enforcement agencies announced a coordinated traffic enforcement initiative aimed at reducing rising roadway fatalities across the Las Vegas Valley. The effort brings together the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada State Police Highway Patrol, North Las Vegas Police, Boulder City Police, and Clark County School Police. Deputy Chief Jose Hernandez said… Continue reading Road Kills Spur Action
Founding Roots Within CSN
When the College of Southern Nevada formally recognized the Native Heritage Alliance in February 2025, no one inside the young organization expected what would happen next. Within months, the group’s membership surged, workshops filled beyond capacity, and community partnerships multiplied across the valley. What began as a modest student coalition has rapidly evolved into one… Continue reading Founding Roots Within CSN
Valley Divided
Assembly Bill No. 4 arrived in Nevada’s Legislature framed as a sweeping public-safety measure, one meant to respond to concerns about rising disorder in the state’s most heavily trafficked corridors. It stretches sixty-eight pages and touches nearly every corner of the criminal code, creating new felonies, elevating penalties for old ones, and authorizing a series… Continue reading Valley Divided
Five Years of Reliving Trauma
On June 1, 2020, Jorge A. Gomez, Jr., a peaceful protester, was fatally shot by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers during a demonstration. What followed has been a tense, painstaking legal battle, a struggle to make sense of the conflicting accounts, and a fight for accountability in the shadow of systemic failures. Jorge’s family,… Continue reading Five Years of Reliving Trauma
Pulling For Our Youth
Over the weekend, the Special Olympics of Nevada, in partnership with the Law Enforcement Torch Run, returned to Henderson for its second annual Truck Pull — an event that has become as much about community repair as it is about competition. Under a bright autumn sky at Cowabunga Bay’s parking lot, teams of police officers,… Continue reading Pulling For Our Youth
The Forgotten Roots
Las Vegas owes its very name to Latino history. In 1830, Mexican scout Rafael Rivera stumbled upon a fertile valley of meadows and springs while seeking water along the Old Spanish Trail. He called it Las Vegas — “the meadows.” Nearly two centuries later, the city built on that discovery still bears the imprint of… Continue reading The Forgotten Roots
Sin City’s All Seeing Eyes’
When the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced Project Blue Sky, the program was pitched as a leap in public safety. With 75 drones launched from 13 “Skyports” across the valley, operated by a centralized team, police said response times would shrink and situational awareness would grow. But beneath the promise lies a deeper… Continue reading Sin City’s All Seeing Eyes’
La Remoción Es el Fundamento
Desde los primeros encuentros entre colonos y naciones indígenas hasta la moderna aplicación de la ley de inmigración, Estados Unidos ha recurrido al desplazamiento forzado, la deportación y la exclusión como herramientas de control. Naciones indígenas, africanos esclavizados, comunidades negras libres, minorías religiosas, inmigrantes asiáticos, familias mexicanas y mexicoamericanas, estadounidenses de origen japonés y grupos… Continue reading La Remoción Es el Fundamento
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